Guest Post: Steven Saus and His New Kickstarter

Let me introduce Steven Saus, publisher. Steven is the man behind Alliteration Ink, which has been clocking up a healthy list of excellent anthologies and other books, fiction and non-fiction, featuring some great writers from around the world. Like many good micro-presses in the digital age, Alliteration Ink has been building up a following – among writers as well as readers – and Steven is constantly striving to do better for both. With his new anthology, What Fates Impose, Steven is continuing to push the envelope. Now, let me get out of the way and let Steven say a few words.

I remember Krull.

That’s not true. I remember one kick ass and thoroughly impractical weapon… And I remember Rell. He was a member of a race that only had a tiny bit of precognitive power – they could see their own death.

Worse, they could try to avoid their death. But if they did, death would come anyway. But it would not be an easy death. It would be a hard, painful end.

As an adult, my bullshit meter pegs instantly. (No accidents? No soldiers? Really?) As a preteen, it was huge. Would I want to know my death? Would I want to avoid it?

Those questions persist. They get stronger, more emphatic as each day passes, as the weight of my past begins to outweigh my future.

Did I choose the right path?

Did I do the right thing?

Would I do it again?

Last year, Nayad Monroe approached me with a pitch for an anthology called What Fates Impose. She wanted to get authors tackling exactly these themes.

And she succeeded. She’s gathered a great collection of award-winning authors and stories.

We want to pay these authors professional rates, and that’s why we are running a Kickstarter for exactly that reason.

This is where you come in.

I’d like to ask two small things of you. Take a moment to check out our Kickstarter at bit.ly/kickfate. The video features Alasdair Stuart (of Pseudopod) reading a portion of his introductory essay “Singing From the Book of Holy Jagger.” I love hearing Alasdair talk about stories and culture and life; I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I do.

Second, please help spread the word. We have a special page to make it a matter of three clicks at bit.ly/sharefate. If you can’t back the Kickstarter financially, this is a quick and easy way you can still help out.

Between our stories and your help, this project will come to fruition.

I predict that it will be awesome.